{"product_id":"amelia","title":"Amelia","description":"\u003cp\u003eReview\u003cbr\u003e'This is the first book about Amelia Pim, a wilful, intelligent, resilient\u003cbr\u003echaracter with real capacity for growth and moral strength.' -- The Big Guide\u003cbr\u003eto Irish Children's Books 'Amelia gives a tremendous insight into the way\u003cbr\u003ethings were for the well off and the not quite so well off. It presents clearly\u003cbr\u003ethe difficulties that arise when one is suddenly thrown into a new situation.\u003cbr\u003eBut Amelia learns fast. A well-written and sensitive story.' -- Books Ireland\u003cbr\u003eBooks Ireland 'A very substantial novel set in the Dublin south of 1914,\u003cbr\u003eencompassing the place of the Quakers in the society of the time, the imminence\u003cbr\u003eof war, the manner in which people can be dropped when their fortunes diminish,\u003cbr\u003eand the resoluteness of the main character, young Amelia Pim, in the face of\u003cbr\u003eadversity.' -- Sunday Press 'Parkinson's greatest achievement ... other than\u003cbr\u003eher ability to create credible characters and to tell a well paced story ... is\u003cbr\u003eto provide, as backcloth, a portrait of an era in Irish social life when all\u003cbr\u003eformer certainties are under threat.' -- Children's Books in Ireland Children's\u003cbr\u003eBooks in Ireland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1914 and Amelia Pim will soon be thirteen. There are rumours of\u003cbr\u003ewar and rebellion, and Dublin is holding its breath for major, dramatic events.\u003cbr\u003eBut all that matters to Amelia is what she will wear to her birthday party and\u003cbr\u003ehow she can be the envy of her friends. But where are Amelia's friends when\u003cbr\u003edisaster strikes her family? Now that the Pims have come down in the world,\u003cbr\u003ewhat use will Amelia have for a shimmering emerald-green dress? When Mama's\u003cbr\u003epolitical activities bring the final disgrace, it is Amelia who must hold the\u003cbr\u003efamily together. Only the friendship of the servant girl Mary Ann seems to\u003cbr\u003epromise any hope.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"O’Brien Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51273208693019,"sku":"9780862783525","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/4363\/4203\/files\/9780862783525.jpg?v=1771449549","url":"https:\/\/abcschoolsupplies.ie\/products\/amelia","provider":"ABC School Supplies ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}